Well, it’s October. Gird thy loins in anticipation of a month of horror articles, because our news cycle is so desperate for relevance that everything needs to be tied in to some shopping holiday to be relevant. Also, it’s like 30+ degrees in St. John’s, which is bizarre and terrifying to a Viking sort like me. I don’t know whether to cower in the basement like I did in August or go out to try to soak it up in advance of January when we’ll be buried under another six feet of snow. Lots of good articles here today, many of which deserve their own post, but the spaces between my fingers are sweating and well, I’ve got other things to do.
- Orange Shirt Day founder Phyllis Webstad profiled;
- How did teen movies become hooked on classic literature?;
- Singapore’s National Library has launched a subscription service for kids;
- The Covid-fueled library e-book boom has publishers worried;
- How big will Obama’s book be? Well, they’re moving major prizes like the Booker out of its press zone;
- Jeff Bezos gets earful from Israel;
- In praise of literary novellas;
- Whistleblower Snowden ordered to surrender book profits to US;
- The corporation known as “James Patterson” donates $2.5M to teachers;
- Ramona Quimby was a guilty pleasure of mine back in the day when a boy caught reading a “girl” book was in danger of being wedgied in half;
- What are the most terrifying novels?;
- John Banville’s new mystery is killing off a pseudonym;
- How to NOT store your books;
- DC Comics graphic novel highlights Métis pilot;
- The world’s strangest books, including one made of cheese;
- How William Burroughs influenced a generation… of musicians;
- How are poetry publishers handling this crisis? Fine! Well, at least the one that has Rupi Kaur on the list… I imagine they save quite a bit on ink;
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